'Dancing with the Stars' Derek Hough blames new format for shock exits

Dancing with the Stars professional Derek Hough has suggested that the show's new voting system is to blame for a run of shock results this season.

Following the removal of the competition's results show, the format was tweaked so that viewers' votes are combined with the following week's judges' scores - meaning that a couple who perform poorly one week but improve the next are still in danger of being eliminated.

"It's like that saying - don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened," she said. "I'm going to live with that. I felt a little sucker-punch because I was excited about next week, and I just feel like we got cut short a little bit... Not that I felt entitled by any means, but I just felt excited and grateful."